WOOL, HIDE AND SKIN SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1716, 5 April 1913, Page 8

WOOL, HIDE AND SKIN SALES.

Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., report:—Wo catalogued for our ealo yesterday 50 bales of wool, 7CCO sheepskins, 6CO hides and oa-lfskins, besides a few lots of tn'.low. Prices for wool and sheeoskins remained firm at last sale's rateshides sold at par to id. higher for cow. while good sound ox hides wero obout jd. per lb. better than last sale. Thero was a large attendance of buyers, and our catalogue elicited very keen competition. Wo quoto prices current ns below:—Wool: Cre-ssbTcd, medium, Sd. to lOd. per lb.; crossbred, rough, seedy, inferior, Bd. to Bid.; lambs, bright, clean, 9{d. to 103 d.; lambs, dingy and medium, Bid. to 91d.; lambs, seedy, 7ld. to 73d.; pieces and locks, SI. to 6Jd. Sncepskins: Crossbred, fine and lialfbreds, 9d. to "93d.; crossbred, medium, Bid. to 83d.; crossbred, coarse, Cd. to Sid.; crossbred, inferior, 7d.' to 7Jd.: crossbred, short to half-wool, 613. to 73d.; lambs, woolly. 7Jd. to BJd.; lambs, shorn, sd. to 6Sd.; dead and hoggets, 6d. to 7d.; badly damaged, 2d. to 4id. Hides: Ox, heavy, 9Jd. to 9Jd.; ox, medium, 9d. to 93d.; ox, light, 9d. to 9id.: cow. medium, Bd.. to B*d.; cow. light, Bd. to Bid.; damaged, cut and slippy, 4*d. to 7Jd.; calfskins, medium, lOd. to 12d.; calfskins, inferior, damaged. sd. to 9d. Tallow: Tins, 18s. to 235. per cwt.; casks, 275. .to 28s. per cwt. Tho dato of the next salo is April 18. Messrs. Dalgety and Company,' Ltd., report:—At our usual fortnightly Ealo of wool, skins, owl hides, held yesterday, wo offered a good catalogue to tho usual attendance of buyers. Pricce for wool and skins ruled firm at late rates, change if any being in sellers' favour. Hides wero iu '.seen demand, heavy ox being especially (•ought after at an advance on last:-sale's rates. We quote:—Wool: Crossbred, medium. 93d. to lOd.; crossbred, coarse, Sid. to Sid.; lambs, medium, 93d. to 10id.; lambs, inferior, Bid. to 93d.; pieces, 6Jd. to 73d.; bellies, 61d.; crutchings, 6id. to 7Jd. Skins: Crossbred, medium, 7id. to BJd.; crossbred, inferior and damaged, 6Jd. to 71d.; lambs, 7d. to Bd.; dead, 6!d. to 7d.; half-wools, 7d. to 73d.; quarter-wools, 7d. to 73d.; shorts, 63d.; pelts, 53d. to 6}d. -Hides: Ox, heavy, 9Jd. to 9Zd.; ox, medium, 83d. to 9 3-Bd.; ox, light, Bid.; ox, cut, 7?d. to Sid.; cow, heavy and light, 7f\d. to 83d.: cow, cut, 7|d.; calf, sound, lOd. to Is.; calf, cut and slippy, 7d. to 9Jd. Tallow: In- shipping order, to 28s. per cwt:;-in tine, to 22a. per cwt-.; in sacks, to 17s. per cwt. Sundries: Horsehair, to Is. 9d.; 1 rabbitskins, lOid. to lid.: cow tails, to Is. 8!d. Our , next ealo will bo held on Friday, April 18, '. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their sales, held yesterday, as fol'lows:—Wo offered a good catalogue to a full attendanco of buyers, who operated freely for evors'thlng offered. Prices wero well maintained at last sale's figures. We quote:—Wool: Coarso crossbred, 83d. to 9id.; lambs, 91d. to 10d.; dead wool,-73d. to Bd.; pieces, 5Jd. to 63d.; locks, sd. to s}d. Skins: Coarso crossbred, BJd.; half-wools, 7id.; quarter-wools, 7d.; pelts, 61d.; dead. 7d.; faulty skins, 3id, to sid.; green and salted skins, pelts, 3s. 4d.; quarter-wools, to. 4d. to 4s. ;d.; lialf-wools, 4s. lOd.; lambs pelts. Is. 7d.; lambs, 3s. 7d. ti 4s. Hides: Medium and heavy ox, 9 3-Bd.; light ox, BJd.; cows, heavy, Bjd.; medium, BJd.; light, 73d. to Bd.; yearlings, 7 3-Bd. to 73d.; medium calf. 9£d. to lOd. Tallow: In casks, £28 per ton. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as follows:— We held our usual fortnightly salo to-day, when wo offered a catalogue of about 30 bales and a number of bags of wool, also good catalogues of sheepskins, hides, and sundries. Thero was a large attendanco of buyers from various parts of tho Dominion. Competition was keen for everything, and prices- equal to last sales, with skins perhaps a shade firmer. Tho wool offered co'ii si steel mostly of stragglers', fleece, with a few lots of late shorn lambs. We quote: —Wool: Lambs' wool, medium, 93d. to 103 d.; lambs' wool, coarse and dingy, Bd. to 9d.; lambs' wool, seedy, sid. to 7jd.; crcsshrod, fleece, medium, 83d. to 93d.; crossbred, coarso and seedy, 7Jd. to B}d.; pieces and bellies, s}d. t-u 7id.; locks and pieces, 4Jd. to 53d. .Skins: Merino and fnio crossbred, Bjii. to 93d.; crossbred, medium,. Bid. to B}d.; crossbred, coans-e, 7id. to Bd.; lambs, 7d. to 73d.; broken and dead, Ed. to 7Jd.s pelts. 6Jd. to 73d. Hides: Ox, medium, Bid. to 5d.; ox, light. 73d. to Bid.; cow. Bd. to BJd.; damaged hides, (ijd. to Bd.: calf, best, lild. to 12Jd.: calf, medium, 9d. to 10d.; naif, damaged, s>d. to 85d.; yearlings, 7d. to Giil. 'l'allow: In casks, 2is. 6d. to 28s. 3d. per cwt-.; fat, 20s. to 2Zs. 6d. per cwt. Tlie United Fanners' Co-operative Association. Ltd., aud the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative .Association, Ltd., report as follows:—Fortnightly sales of wool, shccppkins, hitl".i, tnllow, etc.. uoro hold yentorday. Prices ruled an follow;— Wool; Crossbred, 9d, to lOid.; iufurior, Bd, to

9d.; crutchlnga, superior, 8(1. to E.MI.; crutching<3, pood, fid. to 7d.; erutchings, ecady mid inferior, 5Jd. to 6d. Sheupskina. Crossbred, full-woolled, Bd. to 9d.; crossbred, medium, 7d. to Bd.; crossbred, dead, 62d. to 7Ad.; pelts, s*d. to 6£d, Hides, ox heavy, Bid. to 9id.; ox, medium, 73d. to Gid.; cow, 7Jd. to Bid-; calfskins, good, lOd. to lis.; cut and slippy, 6d. to 7d. Mcesrs. Levin and Company, Ltd., repoTt as follows:—Wo held our fortnightly saio yesterday, when we offered 1500 shcepskiim, 550 hides and calfckins, anc. a quantity of tallow and horsehair. "Wool: Sold on a par wit.h lust wool hales. The fii\st crutchjngs of the season brought up toUd. per lb., which points to good priccs for tho first crutching sale, to be held on June 13. We quote:—Fine. and medium crosisbrcd, 9£d. to 10& d.; coarse, B*d. to 9id.; inferior | and dingy, 74d. to 3£d.; pieces, 44d. to 6id.; locks,-4d. to 5d.; crutchings, fair, . Bd.; crutchings, second, 6£d. Skins: Sold at last quotations. Wc quote:—llalfbrcds and fino croc-sbrcdH, Bid; to 9d.; medium and coarse, Bid. to CJd.; quarter to half-wools, &d. to 7Jd.; dead skins, s*d. to 7d.; lamb fikina, fid. to Bd.; dry pelts. "4Jd. to 6Jd.; green pelts, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bdi: preen.iambi, 3s. Bd. to 4r=-. 4d. Tallow: Firm. Parcels in shipping order, £28; tints, .£2O to £25 10s.; rough fat, £19. Horsehair, is. to Is? Bd. per lb. Horns, 3s. to 16s. per hundred. Tails, Is. Bd. per dozen. Hides showed a slight advance, with tho exception of calfskins, which showed a. decline... We quote:—Ox hides (heavy), 83d. to 9£d.; ox hides (mo? dium), 8!frl. to 93d.; ox hides (light), Bd.'lo B£d.; cow hides, 73d. to 84d.-; cut and sliopy hides, 6d. to 7Jd.; stag and bull hides, s|d. to 6sd.; yearlings, 6|d. to Bd.; calf, best, lid. to'l2a.; calf, meaium, 94d. to lid.; calf, cut and slippy, 6d. to 94d.; horso hides (heavy), • Bs. 6d. to 12s. 6d. ; horse bidets (light), ss. to 9s. Our next ©ale will bo held on Friday, April 18. ■